Wednesday, April 29, 2009

More notes for March 30, 2009

Reincarnated/reincarnation:
memory
related to the gods
related to religion and remembrance

Read "An Imaginary Life"
By David Malouf

Nothing is ever lost

If nothing is ever lost, why do we forget so much? Why does amnesia take place? How can psychology function (for instance in traumatic situations, victims or observers often "forget" what happened to them or what they saw as a coping mechanism)? I like the idea that one does not forget anything and it is just hidden away from sight, but if nothing is lost, where did it all go?

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